Fabio Perini S.p.A. is an Italian engineering company specialized in machine design and manufacturing of industrial machinery for the paper making industry and the tissue converting industry. Fabio Perini S.p.A. is part of the international technology group

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, and belongs to its division Körber Process Solutions. The management holding of the Körber Group, Körber AG, is located in

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, Germany.

Brief history

Fabio Perini S.p.A. is a

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and ...

company established in

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, Italy, in 1966 by the inventor/entrepreneur

Fabio Perini Fabio Perini (born 1940) is an Italian entrepreneur and inventor, founder of Perini Navi shipyard (1983), of the machinery company Fabio Perini S.p.A. (1966) and of Faper Group S.p.A. (2001). He is also Honorary Chairman and founder of Futura S.p. ...

. The company is specialized in design and manufacturing of industrial machinery for the paper making industry and the tissue converting industry. Based in

, the company has eleven overseas branches located in three continents (

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and

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). Since 1994 Fabio Perini S.p.A. is part of the German technology group

, and belongs to the division Körber Process Solutions.

History

Fabio Perini and the Company rising

starts his activity in 1960 when he invents a machinery for the automatic cut of

tissue paper Tissue paper or simply tissue is a lightweight paper or, light crêpe paper. Tissue can be made from recycled pulp (paper), paper pulp on a paper machine. Tissue paper is very versatile, and different kinds of tissue are made to best serve these ...

. In 1966 he founds his company, the Fabio Perini, with a view to designing new engineering technologies and manufacturing industrial machinery for the tissue converting industry. With the change and the improvement of lifestyles, the Italian tissue industry raises noticeably during the 1960s. This fact favours Fabio Perini's company which grows up until 1973, when the company is turned into a

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, becoming the Fabio Perini S.p.A..

Fabio Perini S.p.A.

Under the new form of

, Fabio Perini S.p.A. meets with a phase of international expansion. In the 1970s new offices are opened in

and

: two selling offices in Europe (

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, 1974;

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, 1976), one selling office in the United States (

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, 1978, at the ''Green Bay Engineering Company'') and one manufacturing plant in

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(

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, 1975). During the '1980s and the '1990s further branches are opened in

(

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, 1984;

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, 1985;

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, 1991),

(

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, 1984) and United States (

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, 1990). In about 20 years, thanks to many original design patents, the company Fabio Perini transformed itself from a one-man business to a

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able to cover up the 75% of the worldwide market of the paper making industry and the tissue converting machinery. As acknowledgement of his entrepreneurship, in 1991 the founder Fabio Perini is ordered Knight of the

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, under the

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Entering the Körber Group

In 1994 the founder Fabio Perini sells his company to the

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multinational group

. Fabio Perini S.p.A. headquarters remains in

, Italy. After that, the growing of the company goes on; three new overseas branches are opened in

: two selling offices (

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, 1994;

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, 1995) and one manufacturing plant (

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, 2002). In 2003 Perini Engraving S.r.l. is opened in

: Perini Engraving is a division of the Fabio Perini S.p.A. group specialized in the design and manufacturing of customized embossing rolls for tissue production.

Products

Some of the machinery designed and manufactured by Fabio Perini S.p.A. are: *

Toilet roll Toilet paper (sometimes called toilet tissue or bathroom tissue) is a tissue paper product primarily used to clean the anus and surrounding anal region of feces after defecation, and to clean the perineal area and external genitalia of u ...

and kitchen towel converting lines; *

Table napkin A napkin, serviette or face towelette is a square of cloth or paper tissue used at the table for wiping the mouth and fingers while eating. It is usually small and folded, sometimes in intricate designs and shapes. Etymology and terminology ...

converting equipment; *Embossers, laminators, printing units; *Slitter rewinders for the production of industrial rolls; *Customized embossing rolls for tissue production.

Publishing Activity

Since 1979 Fabio Perini S.p.A. publishes the ''

Perini Journal The ''Perini Journal'' is the main trade journal in the world completely dedicated to the tissue paper industry. It is published in two yearly issues and in two different editions: the western, in Italian/English language, with an average printe ...

'', a six-monthly review completely dedicated to the tissue paper industry.

References

External links

Fabio Perini S.p.A. official websiteKörber AG official website
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